Police Identify Dead Man

POMPANO BEACH — A man found dead in a canal next to Interstate 95 Wednesday has been identified by police as Leon Phillips, 47, a drifter.

Phillips, who slept wherever he could find shelter, was reported missing by friends Feb. 12, said Lt. David Cassell.

A team of surveyors working along the expressway Wednesday discovered Phillips` decomposed body floating in a canal about 3/4of a mile north of the Atlantic Boulevard interchange near Ely High School, Cassell said.